Your baby's newborn reflexes – called developmental reflexes or primitive reflexes – are survival instincts triggered by ...

Newborns make a lot of strange movements and exhibit unexpected behaviors during the first year of life. They can startle at nothing, suck at the air, cross their eyes, breathe funny, and more. New ...

As soon as your baby’s born, you’ll notice their primitive reflexes — although you might not know them by name. Case in point: Nothing in the world produces the same amount of wonder that you feel ...

Doctors test for them within minutes of birth, because these simple motions reveal complex brain development. Primitive ...

The rooting reflex allows a newborn baby to find your breast or a bottle to begin feeding. It’s one of several reflexes, or involuntary movements, that babies are born with which help them through ...

The objective of the study was to follow neuromaturation in preterm infants. From serial exams in 90 low risk very low birthweight infants, each infant's Maturity Scores (the sum of tone, reflex, and ...

Katie Martinez noticed that her newborn daughter's left foot was "limp and unresponsive," leading her to think it was a drop ...

Portuguese researchers have proven that hearing assessment in early-age infants can help predict milestones and early detection of neurodevelopmental disorder markers. Several studies suggest that the ...

When babies are born, everything they experience is new. They go from being safe and warm in the womb to having all sorts of sights, sounds, smells, and feelings thrown at them. If your baby feels any ...